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Initial

Last Name

Area

Available

Language

O

Foley

Cork, County Cork

Weekend

English

H

Hussey

Cork, County Cork

Weekend

English

S

Cronin

Cork, County Cork

Anytime

English

I've been birding now for about 6 years. I mostly bird along the Cork coast which is
by far one of the most productive areas in Ireland, especially during migration. There are also many great inland sites worth visiting. Where possible I try to add new species to both my Irish and world lists, neither of which are very long at the
moment. I also do a lot of photography and try to get shots of as many species as possible.

S

Gibson

Cork, County Cork

Anytime

English

Back birding after many years away from it, into my thrid year now. Also took up photography last year.

C

Ingram

Stranorlar/Ballybofey, County Donegal

Anytime

English

I am retired and have lived in Donegal for almost 4 years. I have been birding for over 50 years. Donegal is a great area for birding especially during Autumn and Winter.

D

McCabe

Dublin, County Dublin

Anytime

English

I am a birder in my sixties living in Dublin. Our area is rich in bird interest, breeding seabirds in Spring and Summer and Wintering shorebirds, geese and ducks are the highlights.

C

Smyth

Dublin, County Dublin

Anytime

English

P

Doyle

Dublin, County Dublin

Weekend

English

I mostly bird locally here in south County Dublin, County Wicklow & Wexford. Traffic
is too bad in Dublin to go north side except when there’s a rare bird on offer and anywhere else in the country when the bird is either an Irish tick, a lifer or something special like a Bee-eater etc.

T

Cooney

Dublin, County Dublin

Anytime

English

40 years birding. I have a particularly good knowledge of my local birding sites at North Bull Island (waterfowl) and Howth Head (seabirds) on the north coast of Dublin Bay.Visit my web site

S

Keilthy

Dublin, County Dublin

Anytime

English, French, German, Chinese

I live beside the bird sanctuary Bull Island, so am surrounded by Brent geese all winter, as well as other waterfowl like Shelduck, Wigeon, Little Egret, etc. There is a large heronry in the park. And there are places within an hour's drive with red kite, hen harrier, lapwing, etc.

M

Adamson

Bangor/Belfast, County Down

Anytime

English

I have become an enthusiastic bird watcher since retiring very early. I live in Bangor, Co Down where we have Black Guillemots nesting on our pier and they are often sitting just feet away from you. Bangor is only 25 minutes from Belfast where there is a wonderful inside RSPB reserve observatoryand 2 other outside hides. Strangford Lough is 20 minutes away where, in the winter there are 30.000 Light-bellied Brent Geese along with other waders and Pintail ducks. There is a WWT within 30 minutes. I have taken people as far as Rathlin Island which is off Ballycastle, Co Antrim, where between May and July you can see thousands of breeding Auks, Kittiwakes and Fulmars along with breeding Chough, Ravens and Peregrines.Visit my blog

R

Guthrie

Cahirsiveen, County Kerry

Anytime

English, German, Italian, Spanish

G

O'Neill

Dundalk, County Louth

Weekend

English

S

Collins

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

Weekend

English, some Spanish

Originally from Britain, I've lived and been birding for the last 10 years in the Wexford area of Ireland. Wexford is one of the best counties in Ireland for birding. Winter is great for geese and wildfowl on the wetlands around the coast. Spring and autumn bring surprises in both passerines and waders, with Tacumshin Lake a great area for American waders in the autumn. Summer is the best time to see the auk and gannet colonies on the Saltee Islands.

B

Carruthers

Dublin, Leinster

Most Weekends or after 6-30pm weekdays in summer time for local Dublin hotspots

English

Can not guarantee either good Irish bird sightings or good Irish weather, but will be hospitable to visitors and my knowledge of my local areas will be as good as other countries 'Birding Pals' I've met.